The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to capacitate former drug dependents into productive community leaders, advocates, and volunteers through the “Yakap Bayan” program, an inter-agency collaborative framework that provides rehabilitation, aftercare, transformation, and reintegration support for recovering drug surrenderers. Last week, former drug dependents from Quezon Province participated in a moving up continue reading : ‘Yakap Bayan’ turns more drug surrenderers to community volunteers, leaders in Quezon Province

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far provided a total of P39,927,848.80 worth of assistance to families and individuals affected by Tropical Depression ‘Urduja’ through the local government units (LGUs) in Regions V, VI, VII, VIII, MIMAROPA and CARAGA. Of this amount, P35,560,766.64 was allotted to Eastern Visayas for the relief continue reading : DSWD provides P39.9 M worth of aid to families affected by ‘Urduja’

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), together with its concerned Field Offices (FOs), continues to conduct relief operations to respond to the needs of families and individuals affected by Tropical Depression Urduja, which dumped heavy rains that triggered severe flooding and landslides in the Bicol Region, Eastern and Western Visayas, and in Northeastern continue reading : DSWD sends more relief aid to ‘Urduja’-affected families

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), together with its concerned Field Offices (FOs), continues to conduct relief operations to respond to the needs of families and individuals affected by Tropical Depression Urduja, which dumped heavy rains that triggered severe flooding and landslides in the Bicol Region, Eastern and Western Visayas, and in Northeastern continue reading : DSWD sends more relief aid to ‘Urduja’-affected families

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its concerned Field Offices (FOs), has started to provide relief assistance to families and individuals who have been affected by Tropical Storm ‘Urduja,” which continues to cause heavy rains resulting to severe flooding in Eastern Visayas provinces and in Northeastern parts of Mindanao. According to the continue reading : DSWD starts relief ops for families affected by ‘Urduja’

As part of the ongoing rehabilitation efforts in Marawi City, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has succeeded in setting-up  its Marawi Operations Center (OpCen) in Brgy. Tampilong in the said city to ensure that interventions will be useful in meeting the requirements of  internally displaced persons (IDPs), according to DSWD-Officer-in Charge Emmanuel continue reading : DSWD activates OpCen for rehab efforts in Marawi; braces for ‘Urduja’

In a Solidarity Caravan on Violence Against Women (VAW) held yesterday at the Haven for Women, Alabang, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Officer-in Charge (OIC) Emmanuel Leyco said that ensuring that Filipinos’ respect for one another is the key to achieve a violence-free community for women. The activity led by the Office of the continue reading : A violence-free community for women is possible – DSWD

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) today recognized local government units (LGUs) which have been participating in the pilot implementation of Reporting System and Prevention Program for Elder Abuse Cases (ReSPPEC), a community-based project that aims to protect the elderly and senior citizens from all forms of abuse by establishing local reporting mechanisms continue reading : DSWD hails LGUs for implementing project vs. elderly abuse

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) today reiterated that selling and buying for consumption or resale of the Department’s family food packs (FFPs) and other relief supplies that are intended for distribution to disaster victims is prohibited under Republic Act No. 10121 or the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010. continue reading : Selling, buying of relief goods punishable by imprisonment of up to 12 years – DSWD

As the observance of the 18-day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW) this 2017 comes to an end, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said that efforts must continue to promote the creation of a violence-free community for Filipino women. DSWD actively participated in this year’s 18-day campaign to End  VAW  which continue reading : DSWD calls on public to help achieve violence-free community for Pinays